NANETTE NOTICES

Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 125, 26 April 1940, Page 11

NANETTE NOTICES

HERE AND THERE. (By “Nanette.”) Modern House Design. The House of Vistas in the Town of To-morrow in the New York World’s Fair, which will re-open on May 11, is of special interest to devotees of modern architecture and decoration. The house., designed by Walter Vcrner Johnson, is almost Japanese in its space mobility. The first floor is a cioselv integrated unit where flexible partitions and different floor levels rather than solid walls define rooms. Time For a Change. Have you decided on a change in hair style this winter? It’s a good opportunity to try something different when you ha.ve vour new permanent wave, especially if you are having tiie machineless process, used by Sylvia Kirk, of Broadway. It produces such soft, pliable waves and curls that any liecoming style is easily arranged. * Read These Rules. Here are some simple hints which will help correct imperfect features: If the top of the head is too flat, either have your hair piled high with curls, or else wear a. hat which has a slight fullness. If the face is round and full, try to disguise it with your hair style. A three-quarter parting is best. Have the side curls set high up off the face. Avoid low partings and centre partings. If the features are irregular it will be found that a hat with a large brim is most kind. A Distinctive Room. The distinction of an attractive dining-room I saw recently was chiefly due to the handsome oak suite whose rich, antique brown finish made a lovely background for soft hangings and delicate china. There were a sideboard. draw-leaf extension table and four chairs with turned legs, and the whole suite cost only £l9 19s at Hutchins’ Furniture Warehouse, 493 Main Street. * Swimming and Pantomime. A former New Zealand pantomime favourite—she was principal boy in all the old-time successes —Mrs K. Buckle is now the chairman of the New South Wales Women’s Swimming Association. At one time she was understudy to Miss Carrie Moore, but she left, the stage in 1920 and, with the help of two or three others, organised the Bondi Club, with which she has remained ever since. Mrs Buckle has trained hundreds of girls, including many whose names arc now well-known in the annals of Australian swimming. They include Misses Jean Cocks and K. Mackay, who was an Olympic representative in 1936. Avoiding Chills. The older woman often feels cold weather keenly and, if she is susceptible to chills, warm underwear is an absolute necessity for her. Thoroughly reliable in- every way are Canterbury interlock vests, specially cut to preserve a slim line. They are obtainable in cream in women’s OS and NOS sizes at'the Scotch Wool and Hosiery Shop, the Square. Duchess's War Work. The Duchess of Windsor has set herself office hours so that she can cope with the vast amount of work she has undertaken since the outbreak of war. She divides her time between her duties with Lady Mendl’s “Colis de Trianon Versailles” (sorting and packing garments), of which she is honor* ary president, and her more strenuous ones as president of the Section Sanitaire Automobile of the French Rod Cross, whose trim khaki uniform she wears when she visits the Western Front. The Chateau de la Croc, the Duke’s home near Antibes, has been handed over as a convalescent home for British officers and is ready for i ni mod i a to • occupa t lo.n. June Wedding. If you’re going to be a June bride you can plan a smart add economical trousseau with pleasure instead of worry by consulting Slater's, the Square. Their experienced saleswomen will be delighted to show you useful wool frocks, romantic evening wear, classic tweeds and top coats, culminating in the loveliest wedding gowns with which they lend an exquisite veil. Rations in England. An Englishwoman, writing on the rationing problem in England, says that though the cost of living has risen the control' of prices helps. South African peaches are 3d each, stewing poaches 2d, delicious dessert plums 2il and oranges four for 6d, which is the pre-war price. Milk, thanks to the Government subsidy, still costs 2ld a pint and is plentiful. Necessitous school children and mothers get free milk daily. The ration of bacon, now J-lb per week, is fully adequate. The meat ration is limited to Is lOd worth per person per week lor civilians —men and women in the services get larger rations in all cases. Poultry, game and fish are not rationed.